Illustrations on these pages are mainly scans from my collection of antique postcards featuring card playing.

• Ned Paul Bridge Teacher Home Page
  

Weekend Bridge Courses:

• Learn Bridge in a Weekend - next course:
  • 12th/13th December - London SW5
  • 6th/7th February 2010 - London SW5
  • 6th/7th March 2010 - W.Mids BC, Solihull

Weekday Evening Bridge Sessions::

• Putney Bridge Club, London SW15
  • Friendly club duplicate bridge every Monday - all welcome - partners found
• The Ruff Club - Play Bridge in Camden
  • Friendly club duplicate bridge every Friday - all welcome - partners found
    
• Aces-Hi! Bridge Club Social play for newcomers, refreshers, and improvers:
  • Supervised Practice - Canary Wharf, E14
  • Supervised Practice - Camden, NW1

Weekday Daytime Bridge Sessions:

• Weekly Improver Classes, Thursday mornings, Richmond Ongoing next step classes and social play every Thursday, 9.30am-12.00noon. Church Hall, Our Lady Queen of Peace, 222 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 5AN. No partner required and new players welcome.
• Thursday Afternoon Duplicate Bridge every Thursday, 1.15pm-4.30pm. Church Hall, Our Lady Queen of Peace, 222 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 5AN. No partner required and new players welcome. Please click to separate page for full details of this new duplicate session.
• Bridge at Harrison’s Friendly bridge in Balham, South London
  • Mondays (10.30am) - weekly improvers group. Also beginner section - absolute beginners welcome.
  • Tuesdays (10.00am-12.30pm) - daytime ‘Gentle Duplicate’ – all welcome – partners found.
  • Click to separate Balham page for full details.
• Weekly improver classes, West Ealing: We meet every Wednesday, 9.30am-11.30am at The Plough Inn, 297 Northfield Avenue, W5 4XB (near Northfields tube station - Piccadilly Line; also pub car park or street parking available). No partner required, novices and new players welcome.

• Group tuition for existing or new groups
  • Current (2009) client list for group lessons includes:
    • Naval & Military Club (beginner lessons, and novice duplicates)
    • Hurlingham Club - Learn Bridge in a Weekend
    • Royal Automobile Club - Learn Bridge in a Weekend (I have also taught this course at Dolphin Square Bridge Circle, London; South Bucks Bridge Centre, Burnham; Liston Hall, Marlow; West Midlands Bridge Club; — enquiries welcome).
    • The Avenue Club Kew (improver seminars)
• Private Bridge Lessons
  
  • Please enquire abouit private lessons

• Contract Work with Other Organisations
  • I contribute regular to BRIDGE magazine, published by the Mr Bridge organisation, and host UK bridge break weekends marketed by Mr Bridge.
  • I have advised on bridge scenes in film production including the 2001 Oscar winning Gosford Park, and in 2005 in the short film Waverley produced by Hector Films.
    
    
• Duplicate, Rubber or Chicago bridge parties for 4-24 people
  • I can help your dinner and bridge function go without a hitch. Can be ‘straight’ or ‘themed’. Also available for larger events e.g. charity bridge drives.

Hazelle Jackson is a writer, editor and heritage consultant with a special interest in historic landscapes.

I write about garden history, local history and social history. Since 2001 I have edited London Landscapes, for the London Parks and Gardens Trust. This won an award for excellence in 2007.

I have a special interest in historic landscapes and in 2007 curated a travelling exhibition, "Change on the Heath - rediscovering Surrey's forgotten wildnerness", for the Surrey Heathland Project.

I am very interested in garden follies and grottoes. I am the author of Shell House and Grottoes (Shire Publications, 2001)and. I also research follies and produce research reports (including recommendations on listing). Past clients include LB Harrow, Hampshire County Council and Dorset Gardens Trust.

I am the author of several local history books about London and Surrey and my articles have appeared in Living History, Green Places, Historic Gardens Review, The London Gardener, The Independent, and other publications.

I have a large photographic library of London parks and green spaces and an extensive collection of historic postcards of London and surrounding areas. Details available on request.

From 2003-2006 I was Secretary of the Outdoor Writers’ Guild.

I have a first degree in Social and Economic History (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) and a PG Cert. in Heritage Management (Birmingham University). I travelled and worked in France as a young woman and later in Algeria and speak and write fluent French.

My interests include: Americana (music), Embroidery, Postcard collecting, Follies, American detective novels and the work of Edward Lear.

Website: www.follyfancier.wordpress.com (about modern follies)

• Enquiries welcome 020-8892 9429.